Umar Nurmagomedov pulled out an intriguing receipt Thursday.
The undefeated bantamweight contender—at the moment No. 2 at 135 kilos within the MMA Combating World Rankings—has been in scorching pursuit of UFC champion Merab Dvalishvili, who has gone to nice lengths to elucidate why Nurmagomedov doesn’t deserve a title shot.
Dvalishvili has often been backed up by teammate and shut buddy Aljamain Sterling, a former bantamweight champion himself. On Thursday. Nurmagomedov introduced up a previous remark from Sterling by which he supported Nurmagomedov’s contender candidacy.
After Nurmagomedov defeated Cory Sandhagen this previous August, Sterling tweeted, “Umar earns his title shot.”
Nurmagomedov tagged Sterling on Twitter, writing, “Once you weren’t afraid to talk the reality.”
Sterling responded virtually instantly, writing, “Are you going to battle once more quickly or simply hold doing this? I actually don’t care who will get the shot. However I agree it needs to be based mostly on benefit for who earned it probably the most. Easy.”
Are you going to battle once more quickly or simply hold doing this? I actually don’t care who will get the shot. However I agree it needs to be based mostly on benefit for who earned it probably the most. Easy. https://t.co/MjniwTc1QN
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) November 28, 2024
As of now, Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov are but to e-book their subsequent battle. Dvalishvili has talked about a number of different fighters as potential opponents, together with Sean O’Malley, who he defeated at UFC 303 to turn into bantamweight champion, and former titleholder Petr Yan, who’s coming off of a formidable win over Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC Macau.
Sterling is confused as as to if Nurmagomedov plans to battle once more or if he insists on ready for Dvalishvili.
At this level, I actually don’t know. He had a battle booked with Tune Yadong and swiftly it was canceled. I can’t make heads or tails of what’s occurring. However making an attempt to hurry Merab to battle earlier than later is disingenuous https://t.co/jvEwDRi2U8
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) November 28, 2024
“He had a battle booked with Tune Yadong and swiftly it was canceled,” Sterling wrote, responding to a query. “I can’t make heads or tails of what’s occurring. However making an attempt to hurry Merab to battle earlier than later is disingenuous.”
Sterling has his personal downside to fret about as he returns to the octagon subsequent Saturday at UFC 310 to battle prime featherweight contender Movsar Evloev.
